7th Summer International School
on Gravity, Cosmology and Astrophysics (ISGCA-2026)
July 6-11, 2026
Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Moscow, Russia
https://pirt.bmstu.ru/en/international-school/
July 6th, 2026
Chair: Prof. Gladyshev Vladimir
9.30-10.00: Opening ceremony
10.00-11.30: Fomin Igor Vladimirovich (D.Sc. (Phys. Math.), Professor, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Russia) Inflationary models beyond Einstein gravity
11.30-11.40: Coffee break
11.40-13.10: Pinto Innocenzo (retired professor, University of Naples «Federico II», Optica (OSA) Fellow, Italy) To be announced
13.10-13.30: Coffee break
Chair: Prof. Pinto Innocenzo
13.30-15.00: Sazhina Olga Sergeevna (D.Sc. (Phys. Math.), Professor, Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia) The search for traversable wormholes in the Universe
15.00-15.10: Coffee break
15.10-16.40 Ruffini Remo (Director, International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics Network, Italy) To be announced
July 7th, 2026
Chair: Prof. Fomin Igor
10.00-11.30: Gladyshev Vladimir Olegovich (D.Sc. (Phys. Math.), Professor, Head of the Scientific Educational Complex of Fundamental Sciences, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Russia) To be announced
11.30-11.40: Coffee break
11.40-13.10: Chervon Sergey Viktorovich (D.Sc. (Phys. Math.), Professor, Ulyanovsk State University of Education, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Russia) Modified theories of gravity with higher derivatives
13.10-13.30: Coffee break
Chair: Prof. Chervon Sergey
13.30-15.00: Levin Sergey Fedorovich ((D.Sc. (Eng.), Professor, Moscow Institute of Expertise and Testing, Russia) Theory of measurement problems and its application to calibrating the cosmological distance scale
15.00-15.10: Coffee break
15.10-16.40: Panov Vyacheslav Fedorovich ((D.Sc. (Eng.), Professor, Perm University, Russia) To be announced
July 8th, 2026
Chair: Prof. Mishra Bivudutta
10.00-11.30: Mitrofanov Valeriy Pavlovich (D.Sc. (Phys. Math.), Professor, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia) Ground-based interferometric gravitational wave detectors: status and development prospects
11.30-11.40: Coffee break
11.40-13.10: Gallerati Antonio (Professor, Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy) Gravitational solitons
Chair: Prof. Kauts Vladimir
13.10-13.30: Coffee break
13.30-15.00: Gupta Patrick Das (Professor, University of Delhi, India) Astrophysical Compact Objects and Fast Radio Bursts
15.00-15.10: Coffee break
15.10-16.40: Cella Giancarlo (Professor, Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Italy) General Relativity Under Scrutiny: A Theoretical Perspective from Gravitational Waves
July 9th, 2026
Chair: Prof. Sazhina Olga
10.00-11.30: Alekseev Stanislav Olegovich (D.Sc. (Phys. Math.), Professor, Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia) Gravitational Waves in Extended Gravity Theories
11.30-11.40: Coffee break
11.40-13.10: Frajuca Carlos (Professor, Instituto Federal de São Paulo, Brazil) A Review on Gravitational Wave Spherical Resonant Mass Detectors
13.10-13.30: Coffee break
Chair: Prof. Gupta Patrick Das
13.30-15.00: Tripathy Sunil Kumar (Professor, Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, India) To be announced
15.00-15.10: Coffee break
15.10-16.40: Maharaj Sunil (Professor, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) To be announced
16.40-16.50: Coffee break
16.50-18.20: Romero Carlos (Professor, Federal University of Paraíba, Brazil) To be announced
July 10th, 2026
Chair: Prof. Cella Giancarlo
10.00-11.30: Mishra Bivudutta (Professor, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, India) Interpreting accelerating behavior of the Universe from modified gravity cosmological models
11.30-11.40: Coffee break
11.40-13.10: Ummarino Giovanni (Associate Professor, Politecnico di Torino, Italy) Interaction between macroscopic quantum systems and gravitational field
13.10-13.30: Coffee break
Chair: Prof. Mitrofanov Valeriy
13.30-15.00: Berezin Viktor Aleksandrovich (D.Sc. (Phys. Math.), Professor, Institute for Nuclear Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia) A.D. Sakharov’s “zero gravity” and Big Bang
15.00-15.10: Coffee break
15.10-16.40 Khlopov Maxim Yurievich (D.Sc. (Phys. Math.), Professor, France) Peculiar signatures of Dark Universe
16.40-17.00 Closing of the ISGCA-2026 School
